Repose of Archimandrite Seraphim (Rozenberg) of the [[Pskov-Caves Monastery]] (1993);

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Third Day of the Feast of the Nativity;
Holy Protomartyr and ArchdeaconStephen (34);
Saint Maximus, Pope of Alexandria (282);
Martyrs Maurice, with his son Photinus, and 70 soldiers, at Apamea (286-305);
Saint Theodore, Patriarch of Constantinople (686);
Venerable Theodore the Branded (Theodore Graptus), of Palestine and Bithynia, Confessor, brother of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer (840);
Venerable Luke, Abbot of the Monastery of the Deep Stream in Triglia, in Bithynia;
Saint Fabiola, a patrician in Rome who gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted herself to the practice of Christian asceticism and charitable work (399);
Saint Svyatoslav II Yaroslavich, Prince of Chernihiv, son of St Yaroslav the Wise (1076);
Venerable Abbot Boniface (Vinogradsky), founder of St. Panteleimon Monastery, Kiev (1871);
New Hieromartyrs Tikhon (Nikanorov), Archbishop of Voronezh, and with him 160 martyred priests (1919);
Virgin-Martyr Antonina (1937);
Other Commemorations:
Uncovering of Relics (1514) of Venerable Pherapont (Therapont) of Mozhaisk, Luzhetsk (feast day May 27);
Repose of Nicholas Ilminsky, Missionary to the Tatars (1891);
Repose of Archimandrite Agathangelus of Svir and Valaam (1909);
Repose of Helen Ivanovna Motovilova (1910);
Repose of Abbot Athanasius of Grigoriou Monastery, Mount Athos (1953);
Repose of Archimandrite Seraphim (Rozenberg) of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1993);
Icon of the Mother of God "the Merciful".